Swalwell Village - Local information on the village. Details of history, pictures, local tales and the famous cabbage.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Official site for the innovative bridge over the Tyne with photos, description and details of opening times.
The Angel of the North - Photographs, directions to, and information on how the Angel sculpture was made.
The Angel of the North - Information about Antony Gormley's sculpture which overlooks the A1. Includes photographs, poem and information about angels.
Swalwell Village - Information about the community, its history, maps, postcards and local buildings.
Saltwell Park - An original Victorian park currently being restored. Includes details of renovation, interactive map and guide to facilities.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Article discussing the elegant lighting design of the world's first "tipping" bridge.
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Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.
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When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ask
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-- Tony Bennett, 1995 Travel and Tourism
Sometimes you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
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-- Martin Luther King, Jr. Oregon Democratic Senate candidate Tom Bruggere, in describing his support for
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-- Laundry instructions on a shirt Travel and Tourism
My wife ran off with my best friend last week. I miss him! The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
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-- Virginia Woolf Travel and Tourism
We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.
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-- Helen Hayes Travel and Tourism The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism
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-- Lynda Barry Travel and Tourism
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-- George Clemenceau Travel and Tourism
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-- George Armstrong Custer Travel and Tourism
